Iran
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- theocratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 1979, revised in 1989 to extend presidential power
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Sharia law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Shia majority; 10% Sunni; Christian, Jewish, Bahá'í, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
- AUGUST 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Updates on the Djalali case.
IRAN - Updates on the Djalali case.
- AUGUST 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men, identified only as Younes and David, were hanged at Mashhad Prison on August 2.
IRAN - 2 men, identified only as Younes and David, were hanged at Mashhad Prison on August 2.
AUGUST 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 9 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ECONOMIC CORRUPTION
Iran’s judiciary has shared information on hundreds of court verdicts for convicts of corruption and financial wrongdoing, saying a total of nine people have been sentenced to death and four others to life in jail.
- AUGUST 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two prisoners (one identified as Kusha Motaghi) were executed on August 1, 2019 in Rasht Central Prison.
IRAN - Two prisoners (one identified as Kusha Motaghi) were executed on August 1, 2019 in Rasht Central Prison.
- JULY 31, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Ghodrati hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 31, 2019.
IRAN - Mohammad Ghodrati hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on July 31, 2019.
- JULY 31, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Samaei hanged at Gorgan Prison on July 31.
IRAN - Hamid Samaei hanged at Gorgan Prison on July 31.
- JULY 31, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Civil activists Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi and Mojan Keshavarz sentenced to long prison terms
IRAN - Civil activists Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi and Mojan Keshavarz sentenced to long prison terms
- JULY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Former Iran VP Mohammad Ali Najafi sentenced to death on July 30 for killing wife.
IRAN - Former Iran VP Mohammad Ali Najafi sentenced to death on July 30 for killing wife.
- JULY 30, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Mahmoudzadeh executed in Tabriz Central Prison on July 30
IRAN - Samad Mahmoudzadeh executed in Tabriz Central Prison on July 30
- JULY 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arash Shah-hosseini hanged at Adel Abad Prison “a week ago”.
IRAN - Arash Shah-hosseini hanged at Adel Abad Prison “a week ago”.
- JULY 28, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28.
IRAN - Touraj Ghassemi (Qasemi), maybe a juvenile, was hanged at Nur prison on July 28.
- JULY 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heshmat Imani hanged at Zanjan prison on July 25.
IRAN - Heshmat Imani hanged at Zanjan prison on July 25.